Written and performed by Johnny McKnight, and directed by John Tiffany, She's Behind You takes the audience behind the curtain of the panto dame, examining the real story that takes place beyond the greasepaint. Johnny McKnight as Dorothy Blawna-Gale. Photo credit: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Originally conceived as part of the Cameron Lectures (in association with... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: How to Win Against History (Udderbelly) ★★★
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Henry Cyril Paget's birth, How to Win Against History returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a production that is daring, dazzling and diamante-studded. Photo Credit: Pamela Raith Photography This camp musical romp tells the story of Paget's life, from childhood to becoming the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, and ending... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: Midnight at the Palace (Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose) ★★★★★
Loud, proud and in your face - it is time to meet The Cockettes. Birthed in the era of free love and flower power, this flamboyant group of misfits are back to give Edinburgh audiences a San Francisco slice of queer history. Photo credit: Damian Robertson Founded by "Hibiscus" (a.k.a. George Harris), most recognisable for... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke on Honey Don’t! – “we wanted to fill the movie with as much queerness as possible”
Following last year's lesbian crime caper road movie starring Margaret Qualley, Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s latest collaboration, Honey Don't—which also stars Qualley—queers the film noir by subverting the genre's gender norms in a delectably dark comedy. Stylishly shot by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog), with enticing characters brilliantly... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: The City for Incurable Women (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★
In the Paris of the 1880s, Dr Jean Martin Charcot is studying hysteria at the Salpêtrière Hospital. Despite being a condition that affects all genders, Charcot and his contempories focus on the female patients, attempting to prove their theories about the "four stages of madness", exhibiting the women and having them "perform" for the public.... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: Miss Brexit (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★★
Since the UK made the decision to Brexit, it has become far more difficult for migrants to make a life in Britain. Presenting the pitfalls in the style of Eurovision-meets-Miss-World, Miss Brexit is a heartfelt political satire that showcases the harsh realities with wit and humour. Photo credit: Jake Bush What does it take for... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: Shitbag (Summerhall) ★★★★
When people talk about intersectionality, they are not usually thinking of a crossover between mental illness, physical illness, gender identity and sexuality. In Hayley Edwards' debut one-person play, they explore all this and more, facing the shitty stuff and learning how to advocate for themself in the process. Photo Credit: Nick Mick Have you ever... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: Count Dykula (Pleasance Dome) ★★★ / Lesbian Space Crime (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★
This comedic double bill from Airlock Theatre provides a one-two punch of queer musical theatre at its very campest. Eleanor Colville and Rosanna Suppa in Lesbian Space Crime. Photo credit: Alex Brenner Written and performed by Eleanor Colville, Rosanna Suppa and Robbie Taylor Hunt, Count Dykula and Lesbian Space Crime are both camp musical romps,... Continue Reading →
Faster! More! Trash! Trash! – Film Review: Tura! ★★★
Nothing gives me more cinematic pleasure than when John Waters characters shout their lines. Every booming rant seems like something I’d never say myself, but wished that I had. Can you imagine Divine whispering, “If I don’t get those cha-cha heels for Christmas, Mom and Dad are dead”? It doesn’t work. It MUST be loud... Continue Reading →
Jordan Tannahill’s majestic play Prince Faggot returns to New York this fall
Following its sold-out, three-times-extended Off-Broadway run at Playwrights Horizons' intimate Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Jordan Tannahill's majestic play Prince Faggot will return to New York this fall. The world premiere production—presented by bb² (Jeremy O. Harris and Josh Godfrey), Seaview, LD Entertainment, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep—will transfer to Studio Seaview (305 W 43rd Street), Seaview’s new Off-Broadway home, from September 11th... Continue Reading →
